GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |